About the performance

Human life is regulated by the principle of pleasure, striving for comfort, but the programme of the principle of pleasure cannot be realized. Manifold obstacles stand in its way, both internal and external; the fragility and mortality of our bodies; inability to adapt, discomfort of the outer world which is not tailored to our needs and wishes. The strongest discomfort is the one that appears at the pleasure of the Other. The Others are coming to us.

Who is in there, in our minds, who reads these words, feels this fear? The skull escaped out of control. We are falling in pictures. We are all infected. She came to create a crack. He came to be able to go. As the Raft of Medusa, on the border, between the two Deaths.

About the author

Choreographer, dancer and dance pedagogue Sinja Ožbolt is considered as one of the key personalities of contemporary dance in Slovenia. She is one of the co-founders of PTL-Dance Theatre Ljubljana in 1984 and of the Slovenian Association of Contemporary Dance. She danced in all major dance companies and theatres and created more than 15 full-evening performances. Her works have been presented in Slovenia and worldwide: She won several awards, among others: Golden bird for best dancer, 1986, Sole Blu for video Rdeči čeveljčki / Red Shoes, Riccione, Italy, 1995 and Golden Moving Cake in 2003 for Ritem tveganja / Rhythm of Risk. She also teaches at SVŠGL, the Art Gymnasium – Contemporary dance.